During her 34 years at Statoil, Ms. Øvrum has held numerous senior leadership positions, including executive vice president of Technology and New Energy, executive vice president of Health and Safety, senior vice president of Operations – Veslefrikk, vice president of Operations Support – Norwegian Continental Shelf, and platform manager – Gullfaks field.

Ms. Øvrum is a member of the Board of Directors of Atlas Copco AB and Alfa Laval AB.

She has a master of science degree specializing in Technical Physics from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology. ■